Mexican Campaign
Medal of Honor Recipients from Wisconsin during the Mexican Campaign
Read here of the deeds of these brave heroes and do not forget them!
Names which are preceded by an asterisk denote posthumous awards.
This table lists the recipients by date, they are listed alphabetically below.
Major Whittlesey, Charles W.
Born Portage, Wisconsin; Appointed from Wisconsin
U.S. Navy
Awarded for action near Vera Cruz, Mexico
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, U.S. Navy.
Place and date: Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 and 22 April 1914.
Appointed from: Wisconsin.
Birth: 8 February 1880, Portage, Wisconsin.
G.O. No.: 177, 4 December 1915.
Citation: “For distinguished conduct in battle, engagements of Vera Cruz, 21 and 22 April 1914. Eminent and conspicuous in command of his battalion, Lt. Castle was in the fighting of both days, and exhibited courage and skill in leading his men through action. In seizing the customhouse, he encountered for many hours the heaviest and most pernicious concealed fire of the entire day, but his courage and coolness under trying conditions were marked.” Citation from U.S. Army Center of Military History.
Death: 10 August 1919, aboard U.S.S. Martha Washington in the harbor at Brest, France.
Lieutenant DeSomer, Abraham
Born Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Entered service at Wisconsin
U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Utah
Awarded for action near Vera Cruz, Mexico
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Utah.
Place and date: Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 and 22 April 1914.
Entered service at: Wisconsin.
Birth: 29 December 1884, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Citation: “On board the U.S.S. Utah, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession during the seizure of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 and 22 April 1914.” Citation from U.S. Army Center of Military History.
Death: 31 August 1974.